Floral Shadow Trapunto - Made as a gift for a Sister Santa exchange. I modified the finished design to accent the flowers and used a bright rayon thread to enhance the floral look.

Victorian Christmas Stars - Gold print and pointsettia print fabric was challenge for Dec. 2005. I choose diamond stack n whack to create interesting kaleidoscope blocks. Made crocheted snowflakes as embellishments to enhance the seasonal effect.

"Wall Flowers" - Totally original design of a vase of sunflowers and zinnias. The vase and flowers are thread painted and free motion quilted on a domestic machine.

Washtub Posies - This quilt is designed using authentic 1930's Kansas City Star patterns. I designed the medallion using my patented Press & Peel Pattern System. I especially enjoyed the quilting as the patterns include clothes pins, washtubs and butterflies.

Trip Around the World - Made for my grandson for his 1st birthday. Made the "Trip Around the World" pattern because I feel this little guy is going to influence the world, as in many ways, he already has.

Sugar and Spice - An improvisational kaleidoscope using Ricky Tims’ technique. Thanks, Ricky, for inspiring me when I was totally blocked on a couple of other projects. This was the quick break I needed to find my mojo again. UFO #1 - completed at last!

Spicy Hash - This quilt was made with the scraps from Sugar and Spice , with some additional fabric scraps including commercial cottons and batiks as well as some upholstery fabric. Used Superior Threads’ Halo Decorative Thread in the bobbin for the majority of the quilting. UFO #2 - now finished! Only one more UFO to complete.

Miracles - For the Dream Rocket Project. This is a panel submitted on behalf of the dream that all children be healthy and happy. Based on a photo of our grandson, represents every child.

Jonathan's Baby Quilt

The Canoe Tree - The Canoe Tree is depicted in three panels. The first is as it was when I played there as a child. The second image is as my adult mind imagined how that tree might have grown the way it did. The third panel is what I found when I went back to visit my woods as an adult. I made this before I knew there were fusibles and stabilizers. I scotch taped the sapling to the background and zizaged it fast right through the tape. Then I picked the tape out with tweezers.

Hearts to Love You Stars to Guide You - My Grandmother made the patches for this quilt about 1945. They were intended to be my baby quilt. My mother gave me the patches when I turned 40 (1985) along with left over fabric. So I designed and quilted my own baby quilt. It literally was my first quilt in more ways than one. I used the extra fabric for sashing and corner blocks. By that time in my life I had discovered that no matter where I went in life I found hearts to love me and stars to guide so I used those motifs in the blocks and scattered along the paths between the blocks. The fabric was thin to start and it is fading. I have it over the back of a chair in my dinning room where I can enjoy it. I finished the quilt about 1985.

My Dream House in the Woods - I've always dreamed of living in a log cabin in the wilderness.

Cecily's Purple Delight - Birthday gift for my niece. Perfectly coordinated with her room. I had NO idea!

Rose Sample Supreme - Purchased pattern in 1992, just made it for my niece's wedding quilt

Farmhouse quilt - Not quilted yet, but wanted to other members excited on making their quilt from the strip exchange

Jaguar Family Tree Branch 2012 - The tree applique has leaves that feature the pictures of my daughters seventh grade class. They each signed the quilt and with fabric paint put their footprints on the border of the quilt.

Reflections - I designed Reflections to feature words on tile blocks that are nice to relfect on such as honor, truth, wisdom, peace, etc. I added a tree in the center for my love of trees. Trees adapt to their surroundings which can sometimes be difficult, while becoming more beautiful. People are like trees adapting and changing according to life while hopefully developing beauty of character.

The Secret Life of Ice - Made for the 2010 AP&Q & AQC challenge "Remember", this quilt explores how delicate microscopic Antarctic Foraminifera, Protozoa, Terapods and other small sea creatures live their lives mostly in secret, yet provide valuable scientific data to scientists concerning climate change- and the future isn't looking good. Their message could easily be 'remember there's only one earth'. Juried into Paducah 2011- semi finalist quilt.